Show HK H i WONDERFUL ERFUL ROMANCE of NEVADAS GOLDEN WEALTH BY P F MONTGOMERY H TAINE TI l In hl English Ilter M lure Ba s that the life lito of at tho nation U I like Ilka the lire ot n 1 man One lives II SO 30 centuries thu Iho other othe a II part of a II century Th Ihn na nation tion Is and aged L at r more thinking later on Mill later mag In it aRt and thun lh n Centuries like tho years year of ot ofa oti i a 1 IO life aro oro i lOt o of ot their por ii moods and II from these moods national clel are 1110 spread Uie Ule pages of ot history hillur though K Norman hu haf us tint only national life lite hilt but nil 1111 life Thus Thu when we e corn come cometo tn to study our own political und an wa find at lint fretful of or parental ta I restraint In t from froll the th 0 mother 1110 th c r country we find running tw y irom home hom to 11 trane land IlIn oer the mi we remember the dais I when we e told the parent land landwe lawle we e were able to c the battle of ut life me we 8 remember how we made madl for tor a family home tn hI the wilder l new how we had a great family nf tho very erY bosom of our 1 I w M recall rec In relay lii Just JuRi p eli our when whon loving orm wore were 1 In again y h out nut all these days day and 1111 in 0 find H lias h been n like the t up lip to power and full tul use until to today tot t day w will behold this of national power before us UI in an a R 1 thing of ot t I lill uny Cuy work before und equally j capable of or any nn error of ot the Iho j lut ut ElIh tate state of ot th union Ilka tho coral toll of the tropical M PIt has hns hasI Ir I h noil 11 built hullt up Ip and up until It ha hut ap api i tho th will ot oblivion in ill place In the Ihl of ot units unit to toward ward the common end national uc UI i I h of ot hue thene I state 1 hI Ing I because of coine on one I I day i in III Its III bears bellr direct dreI re reo i 1 IMon Ilton to tl thi th life lite of or the nation New H l III belm us UI the exponent of lit al und liberty Ohio In I J In III the old northwest north welt terri territory 1 tory land of Abraham Lincoln I 1 WilliAm Mi I before u the 1 nd Jd of and anet hr dr the ROuth Is IA b fori us u with oil it 1111 lore lorR lorRI I r of fit goodly and chivalry as All the homo of the autocrat tho of Kiln gen gentie t tie tI br the tho spirit of ns find i from j power and ri hew tho went wt tin I H glorious v t Is II before us II as the t hot I i J of If activity nc t I V II for the man ot ut lion Iron 1 Ii I Mill and lion Iron nn M tho In Ini i I which the th 1101 I hns hilI met Ute s of ot dally dun defeat net risen 11 I 1111 rh combat victor In I tracing our life lite us u a 1 people from f the rt da of ot tint lW England tK rhen ben hurd l so I Hi i of ot liberty lIb mi 1111 through f I h und Important yearn t i i from us UI such whole j h 1 I i i i it tin Ih h hf lor t nt nr t I h i r M i ir f r Its 1 v I I lit I I i I i I 1 1 rI 1 i i elf r IN I i in p QI i tl tin 1 1 v i ill of U tb 1 1 t i i i I which had but been bet Numbering through Ihn days dan Krom the shorts ot or tho came camet camei tho err cry of ot Gull Gold gold goldBold old Bold for tor every man power find and plenty a chance challco for tor the tho poorest of 0 all 1111 the earth arth round tho world It from the farm tint tho Iho factory leaped ped the tho American master builder and forged his way to UP hiding and thero built up liP a commonwealth second to none nolle In III the land In III half bait a Il Today It does not nol them aj u II thine thin of ot magnitude for It Is too to them They eo It oen day Ila It Ii Is to the traveler that these Ih sl thins are Impressive In one sees lieu houn hOIl s 1 three old lu In Germany castles cn above e name Iome moonlit crag In which und and ta In Indie die dlen made merty i In the tho one come upun temple older the ITU Im In III the went ono one comes I upon a I Ino lleO plu risen from neal and lon on their homes homell ie rfd upon a desert I III a II people with nil all their dreams dream fulfilled i iIII In III lets Ie time Ume than It tool took the European J or 01 the oriental to place the tho roof upon one Oil ot H In III of or this 1 of or this type t le of nr non man that Neada NOAla was A horn born Nothing watt toj nowhere was defeat nor feM fea upon their turns chain to If mountain chain th cat sod their thih to a II n In th nation We Wo to 10 Mill cull this 1 viewpoint i l li of Nevadas life lite the of ot und to till 1111 who tire ih Its Us history romance will 1 us II n term we lire are limit con In Scat ill ut if tt u II for n It moment travel with some flume of lit e l men mell who ho brought It to 10 the attention of ut th runt of ot tin Ih land 1 rom thu southland the th h fur for a situ t I tear rear hi walls from the tun inland the In III pound of nC game Pili 1 with Its It agricultural and productive possibilities tho Intel l withdrew Not Nol no with the Amerl NI can 1111 We have haO Fremont Premont traversing th thI territory I many times coming from lh Ih ami from Oregon filtering It from the northward Ire I rt mont made mapa of lit the country and poke of nr It to 10 others i In o glowingly that took look r es et lon on of If iov ral men rn lI al o braved UH ne nl i and nl with own eyes I that he ho nd tul st truthfully of 1111 beauty and Us future il I That thae arc ar real IK III a 1 well known fait fact to all At 1 Plymouth they tilt how you a 1 tock Inck In III Valley alle alleIn In N v have III X pon U It IM W l Tho of or the continent however Is la th Ih true monument This Thill dis distant tant e which hl h even In the modem express train labor for a 1 full vv k I Is h Isi i the and nt to h hIItt life which the th carried In her hold huhl holdAn An 11 When Wh n to th Ih world that thai her h and mountain were wr bathed In proclaim old the IIII ml of or Adventure became n 1 part of ot our national I life II fl So o well known Is II IU 11 hat It II would but be ue dle e to 10 H of ot It here Only that hu of ot It II which concern eunen I tl I 1 of to un II ut III 11 moment was reached either by nailing ship Capo Horn by br 1 c transfer K the Isthmus of ot and Oal up the coast or bv 11 the Airland trail s on wilderness That the overland trull where It II crossed cro Med what Is 11 now no Wl then un absolute wilderness U 13 evidenced by I even II the know I 01 0 of Ct its It topography and geology gl or 01 best of ot all 1111 by b the tho brief and MUrrin records written by b the men crossed It n 1111 of Just at thin time Mormon claimed all 1111 of ot tt tIC land upon the fast fa t Increasing hour hor prints am be bi hide hll the thu over eer wagon track trat they net flet up II trading station ilia out over lIe the In t 1 l In III a 1 beautiful b valley vally at the bime nf t tit thi Sier I hud hl lx qui a Il ment It was Ill hero hore that travel worn and weary wean the overland ot pioneer rested rl before luCor tho th thI I I of ot the III snow lipped cupped mountains however lIe ie no In III their h j i lore lorl n R to tl to KIll u 1 1 K od word otur of the I off at lit front th trull lay hi a little n Hold In Homo l panned till for K ld 11 to pi th time away I nf gold go hi i lie t rn Tit d Thu vm wu horn rn In Inthe InI the Silver born In thi of u It uland I land absolutely Isolated all 1111 other othar on one hand by a chain of or mountain Impassable more than roul of or the Iho yr and on tho other hand equally III lIy as II K Kable able uble for luck of ot water In III a II desert dc rt all etch of ot many s travel Its M While the Ihn of ot the cast worn In their water Secure In their older i secure In their markets for tor factory products n mew handful of ot mell 1111 la III he corner cornerstones tones stones Itt u 1 t tat iti In the Union which 11 of at Its lis tiki lak UH place na liS an un equal amid them 1111 place its star upon their Ih lr emblem ot in Boon there Johntown ohl Hill 1111 und 1 Canyon In a n country like that there lher demand for men of ot the tha pe of ot M 1 Stanley ot or African tamo ame And 1111 Ami tUi ready to tn supply flU I any nil man manfor for CIJI any an ork supplied the mining plo plon n neI e r of Nevada He did nut care how holl far rood food hud tu III come corne for there er limn an 1 as a to 10 tiring it In he Iw did Iii not lint cure for fol a n fancy dwelling 11 lInc he wan Willi not old cold nt lit night h did not pine lIne fur fin amusement for Cor H w WU n Ids hl dream and JIM hili day full 1111 of tiC vigorous I iho toll with hi hiM hinds hands and hi k ii brain for nr At t i ll Hill one wilter tells UK thoy lIe Jived l In III the open when the weather was good goor I and when wh n It they lived In taves cavell and In hI the tho Rides ot the about thu canyon callon hibernating like lite tho Iho bears bean until a n When the tho days Ile good tho water came down from tho mountain they off at III ln break brell and 1111 1 dug holes In III the earth and washed out nUl their gold Id In I wooden rockers erl I Iho Iho ho eif or Life fe I When they 1 at night they th lr own food ami th Ihl BC I of ot tho just If It one 1100 among them unlit to t remain ho was wa told to 1010 KO KOIf If It one OliO of ot their number wan W H to EO great a 1 tool font UH IH to open un 1111 attack upon his hie neighbor the pike of his hili roily folly waft sud sudden len den death like tho Iho waste earth their hili useless II clay Ill cant upon the hlll ck The fhe price of ot In III the community constant of ot vir virtue 11 tue and 1111 prehistoric pre vigor Igo Tho e who 10 It II vv wrt T ever masters of 1 tho In these tamps camps lived Jumes a 1 man lIon who d Ih Iy but u man and om on H my Corn Com k u II man of or s m had the Ihu cry rr of gold Kold and 1111 to Ha Ilg hiding like Ilk Do 1110 tn III Marti of or youth M eternal foun fountain tain r they hud had come com to tn for forio io er limit amid the mountain I NEVADAS ASSESSMENT FOR THE PAST P ST FORTY YEARS nl 1111 nf or mil mill llie net lei of mines from th I of the to 1111 ho JIll h I I State balun nf nr real Value BIll Total value Not 11 proceeds Year lax i estate i irate of or personal i of ot of or lIt lItI rate Improvement I I t jr mines I I lIw i Hull rr of j 1801 8 ij US 11 j H 1 r jH 2 II Holl nf ot 11 tj n HO 71 H bS of I III 11 III 30 57 lull of or lh HillS 8 1 25 71 03 3 in 08 21 it hl II 1111 t of u i 11 12 12 II 17 20 11 2 A I of 32 1 52 01 lit VI Ull 21 hC of 1871 70 Ii 88 73 OH ID Hull of 1872 1 I 00 32 1170 07 lj 21 C III lIt of 1871 I hi 1 37 21 IM 58 82 of nf 1871 I Mil iI 01 II I 1701 liO I 21 I 1 1 17 Ii 1 3 1 h r Hull of ut 1 11 18 I 07 n 01 30 SI ill of 1870 10 1 10 21 57 1011 of lt 1877 II I 11 38 S I 00 01 53 11 I UI 57 1 1 lull of tl I Ii III SI 11 r iO 10 ss Hull if 1870 r 1 18 1111 50 77 of r 0 I I I 1111 10 III 57 i of ItRI III ln i UI 0 73 oo 27 of 1882 10 IU It j 37 10 81 Hul of IC 1883 ISN 10 lt I If l S III 80 HI 27 80 70 As r i im ni Hul of ur 1881 10 UI I 1 t ft rl 53 r 01 11 33 31 lit lits Hul of f 1881 1 10 11 t loo 11 51 01 0 10 20 0 s c nii nt Hul of IC ISHI 11 32 1532 01 18 31 02 01 C lul of ut 10 1 J i 51 22 OI 77 1 13 20 nl of IC 1888 00 ln III Di 11 30 I nt ntA of Il 10 Od 31 21 37 A t f lit litS Hull Hul of f I Slid un OJ 33 57 11 08 ns Hull of u milt 1611 75 1 21 nr Ir 01 01 1 OS I I 71 1 I 00 11 S C Hull of 1802 IW 75 r 78 DAI 21 10 18 fi nt Hull Ir 1808 11 l I 1 01 n 21 1 K 1 1 j I 11 II AM lul of If I lD I no I 1 20 1 21 K 11 01 1 2 t I I I III Hull of 00 11 17 00 1111 23 12 I I 81 H A M IIII III of ur 1118 1 70 11 I n 71 11 81 A o 11 of If 1807 I 12 11 HI HIi I I II 1 Ii III 1 30 lit Hull of UJ U i III 00 16 Itt 13 1 1211 IIII lull of t I 1111 MID 1 1111 00 1 U 11 t 33 11 D of 1011 11 10 III 77 13 1 i 2 Holt of 80 1 IIII 00 fIt i CS 21 II Hull of tUU so 11 71 85 1111 18 Ii 78 Hull 11 of ur lima lUO 75 37 23 III H Ij 17 Hol nf ot loot lOtH 75 1 I 32 12 82 I I nl solitude What they did all 1 un unknowingly knowingly is a n tale In all mens today when Nevada IH spoken of ot In II any an putt of ot the globe JJ ami PHI Death J In II across the came two to brother named Grosch At Gold Hill 11 they thoy built buit a 1 cabin tot et therein therell certain tain Instruments for tor ore There was just this noteworthy distinction between these to men and their fel fellow low u While thu tho pioneers of or Gold Hill Hilland 11 and Canyon turned over th 1111 of ot earth In their hands and look looked ed ell with keen eel for tho ot 01 the cold they the solicit Grosch and Ild his hll lent brother used l ed their heads and lied their educations against other mens natural i for to I u I wild wildlife wid widle I life le They were ere men cn of at considerable e and to them full credit IB II duo dUt foi the discovery of ot of ot silver I and 1111 tin Ihl presence of or the tho lode of ot I I which lay hidden hll en beneath Sun Peak Thoy Kept written noten they made as ni I ISI i SI ii js S of ot ore arc In sort short they IMy noted that this mountain I tipped with the rny of ot the tho morn mor I and bidding farewell to 10 I lust ct low thero lay IlY wealth un undreamed In dreamed of nt by hy any uny other men In th land lan What must IU I I have hlo been bel the of ot men In ol 01 such a and at III such a u lm hut been heen their I pride ll In tin Ir ot ur all II beneat their very cr feet In a 1 I mil even cen learning to talk learned the I of the th one alI word wort gold gul two tl brothers their robin took up lp their silent In III tho little littler r 11 iti on after this thin of ot Hit m tuck n 1 pick Into hl toot foot and died of ot hl wound Upon his hla death his brother tho tie of ot the tho cabin UH iK In Its Is precious uro oro Its I documents nil ni of or Its ls teaming Its I priceless secret net out for Call 1 I He too no met with tragic 1111 the th mountainside hidden from Ilia the l ht of day Io lay the Ih Herol of ofa a I state of ot thu Ih nation naton the secret of ot fah ulous and power In possession ot of this wealth WIlh I Oh Virginia I I In January of ot tho year ISM lS spring n ni If Impatient of ot mans delay In II dl II H caused the snows snow to melt and the wa waters waters to 10 How ow again and aie the tho nolt old Hii Hill to commence Ill 1 min mining minIn ing In activities I to toIls lils Ils and to 10 romance nt ni DM Vir located a u claim on the 1111 of or GallI a 1 while he and his hil worked It II for gold goll out the earth and 1111 washing It In their rockets never dreaming that tho Ih dark cark blue Bluff tuf they In their IH oven ven greater In their hund thin the particles o 0 Even the gold goll liow ver Wili BO 10 plentiful that they drank to Ha Ihl and endl eUlle One historian Mis lols us that after Old Virginia all his partners been berm nt nl work many Ila amid th h und the loo rock nf nt the fur hl hi lout cale upon He le ami nn pick up U of ot the gold rohl he hI us lB he ran It I through his hla looked nt nl the th hole from which K Khail hail been bean taken talton Then lie he calmly told them that It 11 all his by hr right of o prior location The IH It tt tr r pic pictured lu II Ill than ID 11 mere I wording A compromise was WM effected Com took hil share of tha claim Lato In that jear ho II Ills liU holdings caim to ono Walsh of ot Han who ho took 01 o specimens to 10 Sun San co hil them a and discovered ered In tho ore arc Walsh formed the Or IIer old Mining company compan In 10 and nl pet t handling tho Iho claim In III a n mod modern lod loder ern er manner Melodramatic Struggle Then with wih the news nos of ot tho he rich silver discoveries coming to 10 the tho ears of at the theman man nt n t the over oer In the tho Golden was ono of Americas great melo melodramatic dramatic struggles for primacy of or In III Individual man enacted They fhe dropped their rockers took upon lon their backs food too for tor the Journey Journe over oer tho Sierras ta to tho new land In II ono 01 village In Cal California they eel 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